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Once you have secured an interview with a potential employer by impressing them with your CV, the next step is preparing yourself for
the interview. Dream has put together some basic yet effective things to keep in mind when getting ready for an interview:
- Be prepared for your interview: While Dream will thoroughly prepare you for any interview, it never hurts to do a little research yourself. Use the resources you have available to you such as the Internet or your Dream consultant and find out all you can about the company where you have applied for the position. Once you have this information, you can tailor your application and your interview techniques to suit.
- Know the job role and what an employer wants: Again do your research regarding your potential employer and take into account the traits they might consider valuable from you for this role. Generally speaking employers will require; a good attitude, the ability to work hard, product/business knowledge, reliability and punctuality, flexibility and adaptability, thinking and learning ability, academic skills and training, communication skills, company loyalty, technical qualifications, relevant experience and the like.
- However, the better versed you are with company knowledge the better the inside edge you may have in the interview if you can personally tailor your responses to the job, and to the company.
- Have a clear picture of your skills and how they relate to the job: Be sure to lead with not just your best or most impressive experience or skills, but those which are relevant to the job.
- Know your answers before the interview: While it is not recommended to over prepare answers, but rather to allow the interview to flow freely, a little preparation is a good safety net.
- Goal setting: Before the interview, assess how your own personal career goals might fit with the role you are applying for.
- Believe in yourself: Even if you feel as though you are batting out of your league, if you don’t approach the interview with a positive frame of mind, then you are doomed from the outset. If you are confident (but not cocky) and sure of your skills and what you want to achieve out of the interview, this will come across to the employer without much effort on your behalf.
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